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掌蹠膿疱症 (shousekinouhoushou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

掌しょう蹠せき膿のう疱ほう症しょう

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Meanings

1

palmoplantar pustulosis

Medical term for a chronic skin condition characterized by sterile pustules on the palms and soles.

掌しょう蹠せき膿のう疱ほう症しょうは、手てのひらや足あしの裏

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膿のう

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できる

病びょう

気き

です

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Palmoplantar pustulosis is a condition in which pustules form on the palms and soles.

Kanji

掌palm of hand, rule, administer
蹠sole of foot
膿pus, fester, discharge
疱smallpox, blister
症symptoms, illness

Etymology

Compound of 掌蹠 (shōseki, 'palm and sole') + 膿疱 (nōhō, 'pustule') + 症 (shō, 'condition'). The exact derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern medical coinage.